Category Archives: Micros

  1. Mornings

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    May 27, 2024 by The Citron Review

    by Mel Sherrer   Banana smoothie sunlight,and                  the sound of the old chair aching,holding up my brand-new body   Mel …
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  2. My Grief as a Dinner Table

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    May 27, 2024 by The Citron Review

    by Mel Sherrer   Each time I losea dish is added,a chair is taken. Eventually,food piles up andpeople keep going. …
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  3. Green thumb

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    May 27, 2024 by The Citron Review

    by Jorge López Llorente   I always keep your hands close to my heart. The slender, pianist-like fingers, more skilled …
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  4. Astronomical Dusk

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    May 27, 2024 by The Citron Review

    by Jonathan Cardew   We were in water, swimming circles around the boats. This is a holiday, you said. This …
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  5. Old Sweater

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    May 27, 2024 by The Citron Review

    by Mikaela Hagen Years pull lifefrom the sweater’s embraceshape from shoulderspills from fiber,now feeble in returningmy heart’s heat to me.Or …
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  6. Notes on the Micros

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    May 27, 2024 by The Citron Review

    Over the past couple weeks, I’ve been watching our dwarf sunflowers get accolades from neighbors who want to say one …
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  7. Haunted by Algorithms

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    December 29, 2023 by The Citron Review

    Micropoems by Keith R. Courtad   haunted by algorithms-the next suggestion islife after death                                                               un-rung for decades                                                            the …
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  8. Ordinary Excitement

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    December 29, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Helen Chen   I’m excited by the most ordinary things. My grandpa sighed and said I have not seen …
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  9. People I Love But Haven’t Met

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    December 29, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Kimberly Potthast   I’m gonna find Great-Uncle Elmer in the lands beyond, and I’m gonna bring him back home. …
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  10. Dear Linnea

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    December 29, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Emma Francois   You named a ladybug Jumbo Shrimp and carried her on your palm until she bit you at …
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IMAGE: Painted scroll: Winter Journey Through the Mountains Along Plank Roads (Ming Huang's Journey to Shu)
IMAGE: Winter Journey Through the Mountains Along Plank Roads (Ming Huang's Journey to Shu) (Yokoi Kinkoku 横井金谷) , 1985.791,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2025